From the monthly archives:

October 2009

Cows, Pigs, and Brains at the Puyallup Fair

October 16, 2009

This was the funnest and most adventure-filled summer my family and I have ever had.  It was also the most documented and most expensive.  We visited and enjoyed some of the best places that both Iowa and Western Washington have to offer.  From Adventureland, to the Amanas.  From Mt.Rainier, to Lake Quinault.  From Ichiro, to [...]

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Embarassing moments

October 16, 2009
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Mahiyain si Luis. Kaya mega-teach ko sya nang social climbing skills sa mga bar. How to pick up gurls, how to talk to them and how to be human. Pag di naka-inom, introvert kasi ang loko. Na-convince ko to go to a bar. Lakas nang loob, dalwang shot nang tequila, ok na sya. Me nakitang [...]

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“Haven’t met you yet!”

October 15, 2009
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I love this guy. His name? Michael Buble. He’s got a new look. A sexier look. And he’s got a brand new album that is currently number 1 on the Billboard. But first, here’s his interview: Embedded video from CNN Video And here’s the official video of this song: I’m Not Surprised Not Everything Lasts [...]

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Reuters just showed me first hand why mainstream media sucks!

October 15, 2009

Bloody ridiculous that someone put one over yah, ain’t it?! Well, here’s my experience with Reuters and how they showed me first hand why mainstream media sucks! It’s not just the bloody ugly power of knives of editing but also, it’s the indifference once they get what they want and the unprofessionality once they’re done [...]

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Benigno Aquino Jr. tops latest SWS poll with Villar a far 2nd

October 15, 2009

“Who do you think are good leaders who should succeed President Arroyo as President?” Source: SWS Website Yan po ang tanong nang bagong sarbey na kung saan 60% nang 1,800 na respondents eh sumagot na si Sen. Benigno “Noynoy” Aquino III ang gusto nilang pumalit ki Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo sa 2010. Manuel “Manny” Villar – 37%, [...]

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ARE WE GOOD OR FEELING GOOD?

October 15, 2009

By: Carlos “Charlie” Contreras Mississauga , Ontario , Canada I am just a newcomer in Canada and I noticed it is common to be asked by someone…”how are you?” And many would say…”OH I AM GOOD!” In other countries such as the Philippines , if someone ask the same question, the common answer would be [...]

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Joseph Estrada for President. Take 2.

October 14, 2009

“Yes, I will run!” “Yes, I will run,” Estrada, 72, told Agence France-Presse, when asked to confirm press reports of his decision. The former movie action star said he had chosen Makati Mayor Jejomar Binay as his vice presidential candidate. (Source: Estrada: ‘Yes, I will run’) Eeeeeeeek! Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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Its really hard to lose you!

October 14, 2009
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September 25, pumunta nga ako nang doktor. Para magpatuli mag-pa-checkup kung tao pa ako. Isang sagpang na lang daw nang Makodonorado at talagang kalabisan na ang lamon na mga pinag-ga-gawa ko. Lose 20 lbs. Order nang doktor. Nag start akong mag-gym. Alien place. Wala na akong alam. Nasisiraan na ata ako nang bait. Sa 20 [...]

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Ely’s Philippine Imports: New Orleans Filipino Store, meeting place of Pinoys

October 14, 2009

In New Orleans, I was on a hunt. Hunting for a Filipino store. That hunt would bring me to Slidell, Louisiana. Across the bridge, across the lake, on a very rainy day. I’m sorry, I lost my camera so I don’t have a picture of this Filipino store in Slidell. She told me that there [...]

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French President Nicolas Sarkozy and son Jean Sarkozy

October 13, 2009

Photo Credits: Yahoo Oh la la! To be the son of French President Nicolas Sarkozy! You get a plum job. Even if you’re not a college graduate! That’s him, shaking hands with his son Jean Sarkozy during a commemorative ceremony at the Mont Valerien memorial in Suresnes, west of Paris. Jean Sarkozy, the 23-year-old son [...]

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tangina nya

October 13, 2009
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kasalanan to ni richie, kaya dedicated to sa kanya. nag-post kasi nang music, sa facebook nya nagkakilala kami sa party. ~boom~ ayun date agad kami. bilis di ba? ganun ako kaganda. tiga Texas daw sya. bagong lipat nagtuturo sa Rider U sa Trenton. Physics. mga subjects na kinamumuhian ko. sya hindi sa princeton ang trabaho [...]

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Editha Fones: Catching a Nigerian on credit card fraud and identity theft

October 13, 2009

Photo Credits: Your Kid’s Identity Is at Risk I’m sure, all of you out there who has an email account, must have been bombarded already with a lot of emails na mayaman ka na dahil natigok ang tyuhin mong di mo kilala who left a billion dollars in an offshore account. There has been a [...]

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Making Sense of Point Defiance Zoo

October 12, 2009

By 2025, as many as one fifth of all animal species may be lost Growing up in the ghettos of Manila, the biggest “wildlife” I got to see was the rat that ate all my hamsters and scared the badest cats in the neighborhood .  In general, anything that moved and didn’t carry diseases was [...]

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For the last time, I don’t know karate

October 11, 2009

…nor do I use chopsticks! Filipinos are faith, family, music, and FOOD loving people. And regardless of our economic status, we all enjoy gatherings and karaoke in the company of our family and friends. And thank God for the strong Filipino community here in Washington, my family and I are able to preserve some of [...]

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Argentine Senate passes controversial media bill

October 10, 2009
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Photo Credits: CNN Dahil naging busy ang ang aming guwapong writer, sayang at hindi nasundan ni Johnonymous ang entry nya na to: PART 1: The Great Panggagago ng mga TV Networks! Makikita nyo ang power nang media. Let’s go to Argentina mga kabarrio. Where is this place? Dito sya, sa dulo nang walang hanggan. Sabi [...]

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Sa panahon ngayon, bawal mataranta

October 9, 2009

The aftermath brought by the typhoons that wrecked our country is now being felt not just by those directly affected but also the entire country. Dahil sa mga bagyong ito, kelangan magdoble sa sipag ang karamihan sa ating mga mamamayan. Hindi lang nila kelangan kumayod para mabuhay sa pang-araw araw na basic needs, they also [...]

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"Kaya kayo nakaupo dyan, para ayusin ang Pilipinas!" Aga Muhlach

October 8, 2009

What’s the buzz? On October 2007, Chuva Chienes posted this video of Aga Muchlach, discussing the frustrating governance in the Philippines. Nakita ko uli sya sa Facebook. It’s been going around. It’s interesting though dahil napaka-relevant nung discussion ni Aga during that time – applied to the current, ridiculous, bwisit! leche! argh! eeeeeeeee! ~!@#$%^&* situation. [...]

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Eklat Strikes Back

October 8, 2009

Mga kapatid, eto at may natanggap na naman tayong sulat dito sa Barrio Siete from our dear friend Eklat. Naging busy pala ang lola niyo sa kawanggawa kaya natagalan bago siya nakasulat sa atin. Sa mga hindi pa familiar kay Eklat, you can read her first two letters here and here. Here is Eklat’s third [...]

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11th State of the Barrio Address (SOBA): Welcome our new tagline!

October 7, 2009

“Keep Social Climbing Alive!” That’s our tagline that endeared us to all of of you and gained us a lot of our followers worldwide. Except this reader from Houston who had no clue what our social climbing meant: “What about you, the self-proclaimed “social climber”? You do realize, surely, what a contemptible connotation the term [...]

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Philippines: 105th in best places to live!

October 6, 2009

Don’t get me wrong, 105th man sya, uuwi at uuwi pa rin ako sa Manila. That’s the only place I call home. Well, oo. Pati Philadelphia. Pero, sumaksak na naman sa utak ko ang lecheng SONA. If you review and memorize the SONA, para tayong isla bonita, economically progressive barrio, happy buong la familia. Everytime [...]

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Philippines: 10 feet below shit level. Who's to blame?!

October 6, 2009

Jail mayors violating waste laws—DENR chief! EEEEEKKK! Not me! Labas ako dyan. Kapitana lang ako! Pero, oo nga naman. Throw them in jail! For contributing to the flooding brought by Ondoy’s rains or tubig sa dam, or whatever. Now, I’m not sure if that’s going to happen. O baka naman this is just another blame [...]

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Random Chika from your Resident Bruha

October 5, 2009

photo harbat: here Hello mga ka-baro, este mga ka-barrio. Yes, I’m back balakubak! It’s been a while since my last contribution dito sa Barrio Siete. Pasensiya na kayo at medyo inatake kasi ng drama ang buhay ko at naging busy din sa work. Kinabahan din ako sa latest developments here in Barrio Siete kaya medyo [...]

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Was it the rain?! Or the waters from the dam?!

October 5, 2009

While typhoon Ondoy was devastating Manila and the floodwaters was raging, killing hundreds of people, devastating properties, it has never occurred into my mind… the waters from the dam. Never. Until I read something… it said… Moreover, Pantabangan Mayor Romeo Borja Sr. said that the National Irrigation Administration was justified in ordering the release of [...]

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Noodle calamity in Metropolitan Manila

October 4, 2009
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Lord have mercy! Victims of storm “Ondoy” have instant noodles coming out of their ears but they lack soap, underwear and slippers. I mean, hello! It’s bad enough that these people suffered more than enough from floods, lost all their belongings, now they’re slowly being drowned by… NOODLES. STOP THE INSANITY! “Please don’t donate noodles [...]

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The beginning of the end of times?

October 4, 2009
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By Charlie Mississauga, Ontario, Canada We have read or heard about “global warming” but how much do we really know about it and how many really take it seriously? The abnormal weather that is happening around the world are often dismissed as “climate change” and not due to effects of “global warning”. This year 2009, [...]

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3rd & Final Remittance Report: Project Bayanihan Fund Drive for Ondoy Victims

October 4, 2009

The Bayanihan for Ondoy Victims Fund Drive started with one email telling everybody in Barrio Siete that a strong typhoon is slapping our country silly. Most of our writers tuned into different websites and video channels. Our hearts were torn apart, our tears flowed as our fellow Filipinos feared for their safety and lives. More [...]

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Help Make a Filipino Become This Year’s CNN Hero

October 4, 2009

By: iRonnie Filipino Efren Peñaflorida of the Dynamic Teen Company earns a coveted spot in this year’s CNN Top Ten Heroes list. They will be honored at the Kodak theater on November 26th (Thanksgiving Night) when the winner will be announced. The winner will be chosen by the public via online voting starting Oct. 1, [...]

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Shed no tears my friend, the Philippines will be 1st world!

October 4, 2009

Shed no tears my friend… The Philippines will be 1st world in 20 years! Barrio Siete will become a metropolis. And that’s what I remember from SONA 2009… “As a country in the path of typhoons and in the Pacific Rim of Fire, we must be as prepared as the latest technology permits to anticipate [...]

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Congratulations Rio de Janeiro: Host of the 2016 Olympic Games

October 3, 2009
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Rio de Janeiro beat out Chicago, Tokyo and Madrid to become the first South American city to host the the 2016 Olympics, something President Luis Inacio Lula da Silva made clear during his pitch to the International Olympic Committee. Share on Facebook Digg Stumble Upon Del.icio.us Buzz

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2nd Remittance Report: Project Bayanihan Fund Drive for Ondoy Victims

October 3, 2009

Ladies and gentlemen: Here’s La Kapitana making my 2nd Remittance Report to all of you: 1.) We found out from the Philippine National Red Cross Manila website that indeed, they are now accepting Paypal donations. With the approval from the Barrio Council, Barrio Siete’s Project Bayanihan Fund Drive for Ondoy Victims comes to a close. [...]

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Salamat Ondoy

October 2, 2009

By: Champurado Sa titulo pa lang parang dadami ang mangangaway sa akin gaya nung ke Jacque Bermejo, napaisip tuloy ako kung itutuloy ko ba o hindi, since kulang kulang naman yung isip ko eh tinuloy ko na rin. Pero ano ba talaga ang dapat ipagpasalamat ke Ondoy? Mga nasalantang kabahayan? Mga namatay na mahal sa [...]

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Ondoy brings out indifference and ingenuity

October 2, 2009

Ondoy brings out indifference and ingenuity. Just look at this one that I have just read from Ellen Tordesillas… Pichay and other officials could be charged for extravagance during a time of calamity The Local Water Utilities Administration, a government-controlled corporation, held a “lavish” feast for its 36th anniversary Wednesday night, a virtual slap on [...]

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Progress Report of Bayanihan Fund Drive as of 10/01/09, now over Php150k

October 2, 2009

I have just made another update on this listing to include the latest donation from Canada that propelled this Project’s donation to another mileston – over Php150k collection.~Reynz 5:34pm EST Ladies and gentlemen: we have just hit another milestone, with donations collected over one-hundred thousand pesos. When we started this, we thought we would be [...]

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Ondoy victims for politicking and photo opportunities?!

October 1, 2009

Is this real?! Ondoy victims for politicking and photo opportunities?! It seemed to me that the Philippine National Red Cross has some protocol explaining to do if indeed this is what happened. And this is serious. And I am not liking what I am reading. Now, considering that Barrio Siete’s Bayanihan Fund Drive has now [...]

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